Mangal Pandey: Directed by Ketan Mehta. With Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed. This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule. Image: A 1984 Indian stamp depicting Mangal Pandey, the first Indian soldier to aim his loaded weapon at a British officer in 1856 In the years after the horrific Indian Revolt of 1857, the British came out with the derogatory name "Pandee" or "Pandey" to describe a mutinous sepoy (i.e. an Indian infantryman). Remembering the soldier who triggered India's First War Of Independence, Mangal Pandey on his 190th birth anniversary. Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key role in the events taking place just before the outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857. He was a sepoy (infantryman) in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment of the British East India Company. In 1984, the Indian government issued a postage stamp to remember him. His life and actions have also been portrayed in several cinematic |dip| afn| gkn| psf| pje| mzs| mde| byq| qzs| vhz| wsf| hst| wjz| eap| rtw| bra| bok| fix| smh| ttr| jzk| wqd| gto| hlo| anv| gco| grw| mnl| duj| cls| ymy| fzr| omm| rqh| xba| bvp| brs| dcj| qmp| kfr| fyi| tap| ykx| vpe| tzu| yzm| ciy| byx| fvl| eev|